Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2003 14:45:33 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org> To: Michael Sierchio <kudzu@tenebras.com> Cc: net@freebsd.org Subject: thanks all (was: Re: crossover between gigE?) Message-ID: <20031220224533.GS60229@elvis.mu.org> In-Reply-To: <3FE4C993.9080506@tenebras.com> References: <20031220151122.GQ60229@elvis.mu.org> <3FE4C993.9080506@tenebras.com>
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I had a cat5e cable, but either: a) the box needed to reboot b) 4.9 has a problem whereas 4-stable post 4.9 is ok with em0 I dunno, but it's working with a standard cat5e cable now after the upgrade. * Michael Sierchio <kudzu@tenebras.com> [031220 14:13] wrote: > Alfred Perlstein wrote: > >Any suggestion of the kind of cable one should look for at Frys > >to run between two gigE card (intel em0) to function as a crossover? > > > > > > I was under the impression that copper gigE cards were auto-sensing > for polarity and it didn't matter whether you use a straight or crossover. > > -- > > "Well," Brahma said, "even after ten thousand explanations, a fool is no > wiser, but an intelligent man requires only two thousand five hundred." > - The Mahabharata -- - Alfred Perlstein - Research Engineering Development Inc. - email: bright@mu.org cell: 408-480-4684
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